Geographical
[dʒɪə'græfɪk(ə)l] or [dʒɪə'græfɪkl]
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to geography.
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Examples
- During this length of time the shell might have been carried by a marine country of average swiftness to a distance of 660 geographical miles. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Turning to geographical distribution, the difficulties encountered on the theory of descent with modification are serious enough. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The child's home is, for example, the organizing center of his geographical knowledge. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Our geographical isolation preserves us from any vivid sense of national contrast: our imaginations are not stirred by different civilizations. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Commonly, this is ascribed to the geographical conditions under which they lived. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- About every fifteenth address plate in a drawer was equipped with a vertical, subdividing tab--numerical, alphabetical or geographical as the case might require. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The middle ages were times of improbability, not of impossibility, for but little was known of the geographical world. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The narrow geographical limits of these Greek states added to the intensity of their feeling. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In this early stage, I want you to realize those geographical features which may have a good deal to do with our investigation. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- As an end-all and be-all of geographical knowledge it is fatally restricted. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- How much he apprehended the geographical weakness of the empire, how far he saw the complete disaster that was now so near, we can only guess. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But it is easier to give this definition than it is to present specific geographical subject matter in its vital human bearings. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The same principle coordinates branches, or phases, of geographical study which tend to become specialized and separate. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- It is called in German an Interessenvertrag--a political representation by trade interests as well as by geographical districts. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- In the olden times, the diversity of groups was largely a geographical matter. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Hubbard retired from active business life, and transferred his remarkable energy to the affairs of the National Geographical Society. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Andy looked up innocently at Sam, surprised at hearing this new geographical fact, but instantly confirmed what he said, by a vehement reiteration. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Under the incessant slow variations of these astronomical, telluric, and geographical influences life has no rest. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Geographical lines between the commands during the rebellion were not always well chosen, or they were too rigidly adhered to. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The emphasis must be put upon whatever binds people together in cooperative human pursuits and results, apart from geographical limitations. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- A mere matter, for the most part, of latitude and longitude, and geographical position, acting with natural temperament. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The transmission of geographical fact again must have been almost incredibly tedious. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Particularly sound and good was the mathematical and geographical work. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- You will say it is Persian, or something else geographical. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The cause of lowly-organised plants ranging widely will be discussed in our chapter on Geographical Distribution. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
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